Chronic toxicity of 2,4,2′,4′-tetrabromodiphenyl ether on the marine alga Skeletonema costatum and the crustacean Daphnia magna

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1657-1662

  Källqvist, Torsten ^a   Grung, Merete ^a   Tollefsen, Knut E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Growth inhibition; Polybrominated flame retardants; Reproduction; Skeletonema costatum

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS; TOXICITY;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; GROWTH INHIBITION; POLYBROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; REPRODUCTION; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM;

ETHERS;

2,4,2',4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,2',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,2',4'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ALGA; CRUSTACEAN; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITION; PBDE; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH INHIBITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; VERTEBRATA;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33746568007     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-424R.1     Document Type: Article

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